Cicada

[ellarien]

cicada
Originally uploaded by ellarien.

Here in Arizona, we get cicadas every year; in the hot weather they sizzle away from early morning until late afternoon. Big as they are, they're not easy to spot hiding in the trees, but I managed to track this one down one day last week.

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[ellarien]

Oh yes, I've been thinking about the Beijing version lately. They were really noisy in the evenings, in the grounds of the Friendship Hotel. These are shriller and diurnal, but very much part of the summer experience here.